缺课

缺課

quēkè

verb #32,928

Meanings

1 to miss class
2 to be absent from school
3 to skip a lesson

Characters

lack; be absent

Examples

他生病了，今天缺课。

Tā shēngbìng le, jīntiān quēkè.

He's sick and missed class today.

学生不能无故缺课。

Xuéshēng bùnéng wúgù quēkè.

Students cannot miss class without a reason.

Tips

usage

Used both for legitimate absences (sickness, family emergency) and for skipping. For the deliberate-skipping sense, 翘课 is more colloquial and slangy; 缺课 is the neutral/formal term used by teachers and on attendance records.

Stroke Order

缺 quē

课 kè